I've had a white-tailed chickadee at my feeder too. I haven't paid much attention to the feeder in the last week so I don't know if it's still here. Maybe it's headed to you. The other thing about mine is that its tail feathers were frayed too. Lee Underschultz Firefly Hollow Little Hocking, OH www.fhsigns.com [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]